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s s s I“t’tt Bulletin Service Flag VOL. LIX—NO. 271 POPULATION 29,919 . _ NORMICH, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1918 . "EIGHT PAGES—64 COLS. Fighting e 2t GAM ot ARMISTICE. TERMS STRP. | e GERMANY OF WAR POWER Paris, Nov. 11 (Havas)—President Poincare received Marshal Foch to- The German War Machine Must Disarm, the Principal Por- tions of the German Navy Must Be Handed Over—To day and congratulated him warmly on the signing of the armistice. Ensure Enforcement Troops of All the Allied Nations 1,081 NAMES IN TWO ARMY CASUALTY LISTS Washington Nov. 11—The follow- ing casualties are reported by the Commanding General of the American Expeditionary Forces: Killed in action 172; died of wounds 42; dled of accident and other causes 7; died of disease 118; wounded (de- gree undetermined) /' 107; wounded the Last Moment. (By The Associated Victory—and peace, After more than four o K A slightly 85; missing in action 110; | served. ) Will Occupy the Principal Crossings of the Rhine—Rep- | totai 641. The greatest day in ths histors ' of 3 & ¢ New England men are: nations has dawned. aration is Exacted For All Damage Done in Invaded Killed in Action. The German miltarist: cidssee—ar- e N A e rogant heyond expression- -are in de- 3 a a .n n‘flm!‘y Secll.l’lha Prec Mflhll Sergeant Patrick Neville, Water- by Countries 4 . tous ford, Mass. : i and crown prince are in and Other Valuables Looted Are to Be Returned—The |, Privates—Georse © Dupuis, = St flght—refugees In an alien country. L R : . T > nes, Holy- | German kings and potentar~s mo-long- Duration of the Armistice is Thirty Days, With Various|cke, Mass: James R. Woodworth | er hold their sway. : Died from Wounds. ' Privates—William Gallagher, ell, Mass.; Floyd Hiltz, Conn. Periods Specified For Compliance With Specific Terms. \gton, Nov. 11.—Signing of the humanity and mercy to bind up their - with Germany was proclaim- | wounds and feed the hungry, mean- perialistic Germany has Low- Bridgeport, country ‘that Secks to Deserted by all her lig by FPresident Wilson, who|while seeking to guide them into a Died of Disease. on_her knees, 4o announced its terms at @ joint|place among the family of nations in| privates—Bdward J. Flynn, Boston, | CaPitulation swhich amou session of congress. which they can take part in assuring|mass: Timothy S. O'Leary, Deep |0 2bject surrenger. The terms herald the end of the war, | that no other 1500 days of blood and Ex River, Conn,; Peter Bossano Clemen- t for aetual host ¥ side tomorrow scause they take from Germany the [horror never need come again. h it T invasion, the once gr European organized ex- o g g g The duration of the armistice i |2k, Shirley, Mass: Hareld - Goodell | hower, the ambition of (v monareh the people of (he state wof just before he went to the capitol, |thirty days and various periods are |y 3Pk " of which was to dominatc over all, is desp pleasure over so mo- | o president, in a proclamation ad- [specified within those thirty days for|“\u 'S5 o ined). | complete defeat. s " ihe ciiizens them- : his fellow countrymen, said: | compliance with certain specific| Wounded (Degree Undetermined). | peaten on the field of Lattle, the|selves, from corporation presidents to irmistice was signed this | terms, Privates—Patrick . Rochford, Rox-|edict of the allied. chief command is|office boys, joined in spontaneous out- Everything for which | One provision of the armistice, which | bury, ~ Mass.; Joseph Romanchuk, |that the German armies shall retire in the gen- % fought has been ccomplish- | was supplementary to the text as first |Hartford, Conn.; Dominico Rossi,|into their own homeland from ail in-|eral closing for the day of industrial will now be our fortunate duty |drawn by the supreme war council, | Johnson, R. 1. . s Impoten® as the Ger- | éstablishiments, officgs and «t, by example, by sober, friend- |text as President Wilson deliverd it, Wounded Slightly. man armies shall be. alsy as impotent | Nor was the deeper significinc counsel and by material aid, in the land therefore does not appear in the| g .o Tl g e Ot o [ shall be the German fleet. Colonies are forgotten. By order of Cardinal nemblishment of a just democracy |was inserted after the German revolu- [ Serieant George H. Savage lost and the hand that sought to reach | O"Connell there was o solemn Te hroughout the world tionaries took possession of the Ger- |POpnMMRe Lo e jout and attain additional territory. is|Deum sung tonight in every Catholic Stripped of its malicious power, the |man fleet. It provides that if the fleet| ;15" Nice Roland B “'mlg‘b""‘nem with by the ruling of the su- n the ar ocese of F military autocracy, jts masters driven |is not delivered as specified in the|L&10 Hases Rolnd 8. LongPortom |y re council at Versailles. | Tomorrow all the copal churche exile 1 before the world's court |agreement, the associated governments | 340f0rd, Mane: Sohur S MGy, sti ir fact tull [in_the diocese of sachusetts Ju ving subscribed 1o terms {may occupy the Helgoland fortrese as|’daths, Mass.: John Sweenes, Forts- | compensation” of all Kinde. is to be|Iemoin open by request of Bishop surrender which probably will be|an advanced base to secure possession | Wooi™ (T Blei SoSeRT FEKElL Bh- | made sermany for all ihe ‘disaster | Lewrence. ccorded in history as the most drastie | of it. wood, Conn.; John J. Kelly, Worces- |5t 1 Gollowed her i | Dosion swests were _jammed w) and complete ever measured out to a| In his address to congress today, e} as 2 . |those of hec a thronghout the|day. There were more process2ons in efeated foe. e, pelibust momider' s ricte ut)iara. e Teter Dudbivme, Mot oM a day than ever tramped its paye- Readfag of the full taxt of the |ing that unless the German people are | i e B i Daniel 4 Fajvey, Shelton andwriting was on the wall n a year. Some were headed srms discloses measures the United |fed, unlese their distress is relieved, ,Eh““ GJ R pRds many. Her troops had fought|by bands, some by near-bands, but <tates and the allied governments have | there is danger of Bolshevism. The John Gonet, - Salem, ~Mass.: |valiantly throughout the more than |MOSt often they were accompanied by \ken to guarantee that Germany's|question of what sort of government S four years of warfare. But what had |just sheer noise. ,Many of the acceptance shall be a scrap of imight arise to make peace, he de- T et heen considered in Germapy an in-{Tides were mock funecal corteges for paper and to insure the destruction of | clared, was a matter for no small|R: L Frank Renkons, 1 vincible army was beaten in feats of | William Hohenzoilern, and the former ' military caste which once could |anxiety and misgiving. fon. A James F. Russell, North-|, g ) the allied powars. = Even he- | German emperor was shot, hanged and y and of single choice dis- # iy fleld, Ma Carl Sjoblom. Barre,|son. per allies deserted her, the|burned in effigy innumeraple times. rb the peace of the world. Text of Armistice Follows. Mass.; Timothy J. Sullivan, Spring-|girength of the allies had hecome ap-| The most pretentious parade in this When President lson concluded | 1—Cessation of operations by land | field, Mass. parent. Unprepared, they nad resist- | district w one organized by the exchange of with Prince [and in the air six hours after the e ed for more {han three. vears the as.{military and naval officials of Boston; Max, then chancellor, administration |signature of the armistice. MONDAY AFTERNOON'S LIST. |15 of an enemy who.had been pre-|0f Which nearly 1200 uniformed men Micials declared that if his course| 2—Immediate evacuation of invad-| IKilled in action 179: died of disease|paring for combat since the Franco-|Participated. At of th 4 not brine about what they hoped |ed countries—Belgium, France, Al-|101; wounded slightly 110; missing in | Prussian war. naval district ton < would be more than an unconditional | sace-Lorraine, Luxemburg, so order- |action 50; total 440 With a determination that never | nounced thni eve: 3 surrender. it might bring about a rev-|ed as to be completed within 14; New England men are could recemize defeat, Belgium, | Parade would be held tomorrow. olution in Germany. days from the signature of the armis- | Ciliadin i Aokbn. nce. - Ttaly, . xad °/Sibetia wefe e i) Polntig today (o the Hohenzollern |tice. German troops, which have not| . SUeC i JCU run. Hard days were experienced | CELEBRATION AT NEWPORT nasty, dethroned and exiled, the|left the above mentioned territory| Sergeant Murray S. Plant, Bethde- Tikes, bt 1 To of Honk ; ol " 3 y . {hem, H. es, but the ‘smile of. hope NEWS WAS RiOTOUS sople’s revolution sweeping Germany | within the period fixed, will become | NI Michael Bucuzzo, Haver- | fulness—of satisfaction in . ultimate| ‘ i nd the terms of the armistice, these | prisoners of war. Occupation by the | okt Rushael SEUCUZR0 e HAvEC o Mever faded. When finalls the| Newport News, Va, Nov. 11-—Riot- Mcials felt their predictions amply [ailied and United States forces joint- | Pill, Ma: ; . United States was rawn hito the way| UL, Scenes attended ‘the celebration | atled. YWY Roetl ‘Db With: §¥sctmtion 'ia|| . ETiY Raphaclo Capobianca, | | 'nited States was drawn futo the war | hore tonight of peace. Thousands of | Having lifted the yoke of militarism |these areas. All movements of evac- | Boston, fuss. Joseph fi‘a‘fie"r”‘pff‘fx;‘ international law and of {he precepts | oidiers and saflors took posse vl rom les of the central em- ence, R. L Y D iy, % - e city, King s ars, 1 T e e mow turn to tasks of | (Continued on Page Three, Col. Four) | Chase. Westerly, K. L; Richard But-|Of humanity, the gleam of the dawn of ler, New Haven, Conn.; William Del- the sk windo and building boniir in the oy W R AR T TR TR win ers Falls, P Harry B e fetds of battle i France and | SLFeets from smashed deilvery wagons ARMISTICE AS VIEWED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL BY bl e & | Belginm the Germans weve fast being | o, Other Wreckage. No casualtics FROM MILITARY STANDPOINT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS | Thoype. Lynn, Mase defeated when they flew the White |™ mho otiyrg : ¥ Thorpe, Lynn, Mass. ks The city’s street car service was de- Vashington, Nov. 1l—Analysis of| Washingtcn, Nov. Il.—Unanimous Rindi i Diannaar” llag of eubmission and asked for terms | 5,qps lizedminessthe -~celebration; “the 1 terms iMposed upom Germany|approvai of the armistide terms fm-| -7, H0E & White Rive | o5y Reace. "Brervwliere, from ‘1¢ ‘Bel-| . idiers and sailors tacking charge of wows them to be even more drastic|posed on Germany was voiced today | Cook Alfred J. Dupont. White Riv-|gian coast to the Moselle river, the al- | (ne, cary afier driving away (he crews. An thiee DOME enfoinenl Agatnst| 'y ‘memQers’ 6F. ebbaresy. er Junction, Vt. i lies were pressing them. Ju was only a| Ajlcged unreasonabie prices for food \ustria, Bulgaria and Turkes Unconditionai surrender was the in- | Privates — Joseph = R. McNamara,)matter of time when (heir Armies|were said to have heen responsible rom a military standpoini all of |terpretation of most senators and rep- | Hartford, Conn.. Vincenzo . Pescini, |were to be Gecisively heaten on: the|for the raids-on restaurants. Food- vese powers have been stripped even resentatives. although some expressed Boston, Winfield Maddock, | battlefield. great fortified lines e means of defense. Brewer, Maine. | aisappointment that demobilization of object the German of resistance The sought—absolute pre- armies Was not required. Wounded Slightly in Action. ntion of a recurrence of hostilities | Sentiment for punishment of thosc| Private—Amiel . Allward, Bristol, | their foes. They w is the same in each case, and in gen- | responsible for murders and other Flmer C. Durand, Portsmouth, | ever¥where from pillar ‘to-post:: Even sral the same character of concessions atrocities also was voiced. Charles Edward Ryan, Marl. | theé great Raine fortifi wore required, though in Germany's| President Wiison's susgestion In his . Vincenzo Tontodimama, | foreseen, - would' prove ase there was no necessity to provide |address informing congress of the ar- Mass. the onwa. sh of or future campaigus against a re-!iistice terms that the victorious na- Missi Atti armies. lence German naining enemy. * tions extend aid to the people of the ASeIng” 1D mction. The surrender of 5,000 cannon, 2,000 | Central Powers in their efforts for | Corporal Otis W. Cook, Boston, sirplanes and other war material in|self-government and to prevent {hem |Mass. proportion, military men say, means|from further suffering for want of arles J. Andersol her imperialistic and milit hat for vears to come the German |fcod and other necessities of life also Andrew T. Boyl ers—the defeat may not prove in . the tates will be unable to think in terms|was commended. orge H. Lavalley, |long run of dis of armed force against any of the| Vice President Marshall said: ‘“The; .; John H. Martin, |revolutions throughout owers assoclated against them. Aus- | president’s address sets a high water | Portland, Maine; Henry R. Moshier, [are tending toward tria, Bulgaria and Turkey are in the ame state as to military essentials ven if the complete political disin- cgration of Austria-Hungary had not irtually disposed of dauger from that ource. The strength of as been cut away surrender 16 mark in the annals of justice of the English-speaking people znd of all the alMes. For the future justice must lead and not follow succees.” Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania: “I assume that the armustice terms are practically in effect to bring Ger- many’s unconditional surrender and disarm her so that she could not Crompton, R. I country once controlled by Fighting at § o'clock Monday morm time in the United States. U. 8. TO CONTINUE TO FINANCIALLY ASSIST ALLIES ‘Washington, Nov. 11.—The govern- ment’s policy , of continuing financial assistance to 'the allies until their needs are over or peace is actually the German navy by the agreement arines, six bat- to the st enemy. The British ond—were hard virtuall whole modern fleet. | ships which remain eare chiefly to France. This brought the aggre- gate loans by the United States to that nation to $2,445,000,000 and the total to all allies to $7,812,976.666. he president announced to us that what he has sought and what we have ¢ the pre-dreadnaught days and other | hoped for4s uccomplished. Poland is a bsolete types. nation again, Bohemia, the South it was noted by officers here that|Slavs and the Finns will all be free. jarshal Foch and his naval advisers|The Holy Lond is at.last free. The +d not lost sight of the mutiny|Crusade is accomplished.” thin the German fleet and the pos-| Senator Pomerene of Oni “The ity tust this might interfere with |terms of the armistice with Germany he carrying out of the armistice naval | will prove universally acceptable. One erms. The supplementary conditien, | thing, however, the allies, including the suthorizing occupation of Helgoland | United States, must insist upon, that «s an advanced base by the allies in|the officers and men. guilty of the wse the specified ships are not|horrible crucities which have shocked promptly surrendered is designed to|humanity shall be turned over to them ender the German fleet harmless in|for trial and punishmen1.” any case and its destruction certain| Senator Norris of Nebraska: “The n the end. armistice terms amount to an uncon- It was noted also with satisfaction |ditional surrender.” Jat ample precautions had been taken | Speaker Clark: “The armistice terms terms against the erection of |seem to be all-embracing and most y interior defenses Dbehind the|certainly will be satisfaciory to the hine. The occupation of the Rhine| American people.” fortresses and of a 30-kilometre zone| Democratic Leader Kitckin: “The on the right bank of the river|terms are entirely satisfactory. They wherever a bridzchead is to be pro-|eould not be better.” tected, gives absolute dominatien of | Representative ('Shaunmessy, of ihe 4D-kilometre neutral zone estab- | Rhode Island: “Peace again visits the lished east of the Rhine to the allied | earth, and a grateful people acknowl- northward up the Meuse rivers, threatening the The hostilt: IMPRESSIVE FEATURE OF NEWPORT'S VICTORY PARADE Newport, R. I, Nov. 11.—A women's division orgamized by Mrs. Ellen French Vandebilt and witl: Mrs, Will- fams Sims, wife of Vice Admiral Si as marshal, was the mos: impre: feature of Newport's victory parade today. It was a combined victory and United War Work fund dzmonstration. “I gave my son: what will you give?" was the inseription on one of the ban- ners carried by the women eleventh month of 1918, kept the time. Their ey wrist watche: that they hostilit} in *thei American lines, who ariillerymen w3 and then —a thousand of h s as a rarting salut feated foe. PLANE CRASHED THROUGH ROOF OF BUILDING Detroit, Mich., Nov. 11.—Lijeutenant Carl Morrow of Punxsutawney, Pa., was fatally injured and W. M. Brown | of Detroit, a civilian observer, was slightly hurt this afternoon when th airplane in which they were flying over WILD ENTHUSIASM IN Paris, Nov. 11, the downtown section hod were acted in the ¢hamber of deputies |roof, . (D.Iel fr(\t;.l ll:: L’T(::Vlni, \053 forces, n without the garrisoning | eq; s here crashed |this afternoon when Premier Cl - {his hold, plunge to e street, an ¥ any cities o other points WIthin the | mastertnl non dericsioc/: to, be the [through the roof of & three-siory |ceau read the conditions of the Ger. |escaps deatn. He landed on the cloth ome. The way iz to be kept open |centuries.” & building. Lieutenant Morrow died |man armistice. s shortly after the crash. continmally for advance into the heart| Senmator Lodge of Massachusetts, of Germany by @ dozen routes across | ranking republivan on the Foreign Re. the great river. lations s Sommittee, Senator Hitehoock, ol S ol chairman of the senate AMERICANS PREPARED foreign relations committee, and oth- FOR THE FINAL SALVOS|er leaders of both the semate and With the American Army on the|COngress were not in Washington to- Sedan Front, Nov. 11, 2 p. m. (By The | da¥. A. P.)—On the entire American front from the Moselle 1o the resion of Se-|COMMUNICATION FROM dan there was artillery aetivity in the FRENCH morning, all the batteries preparing WARIOrFICE e the mrtillerist® | night on the cessation of hostilities: ioincd hands, forming a long line as| ™/t OO FO8 CEERUOR of hoet the lanyard of the final shot. There| ..o i€ D daERont mortil of @ war was a few seconds of silence as the - Aistory, = the French -army, with the aid of the al- shells shot through the beavy mist |jrench army, Whh fhe aic Then the gunners cheered. Py e, I American flags were raised by the | POV soldiers over their dugouts and guns |, 7U° troops, ammated by the pur- and &t the varicus headquarters, ing four years of uninterrapted fight- rSFi ing a sublime example of endurance O o voRK. EXPREGS Ty |12 heroiem ‘daily, have fulfled. the RAIN | task confided to them by the mother South Norwalk, Conn, Nov. 11—A | country, meeting at times with indom- well dressed woman about 65 vears|itable energy the ehemy assaults, and old died on a Pitisfield-New York ex-|at other times themselves attacking— press train on the New York, New |thus bringing victory. FRENCH TORPEDO BOAT HAS ENTERED DARDANELLES Paris, Nov. 11 (Havas).—The Fre torpedo. boat Mangini and the Britiet |ouBcement torpedo boat Shark entered the Dar- darelles on Saturday. Franeo-Pritish naval forces eccu- pied Alexandretta, an Asiatic Turkey n‘!‘eawn in the Mediterraneon, on Sun- ay. of soldiers in uniform, that Alsace — SECRETARY DANIELS ORDERED WORK STOPPED ‘Washington, Nov. 11.—Secretary Daniels announced tonight that he nad ordered work stopped on the new na- val explosive plant in Wisconsin and that the projected $5,006,000 naval ni- trate piant at Indian Head, Md., would not be dui FORMER GERMAN CROWN PRINCE IS REPORTED SHOT London, Nov. 12, 128 a. m.—The former German . crown prince fs re- ported to have been shot, accorame to London, Nov. 11 Service). potentiaries: terested: “Radio recedved. French time. time. of the Rhine beside the [iiven and Farttord raliond. iate to. | - “They hava, after decielve often. (12, Amsteraym despatcl to the Cen- | i Sy radio, 1 "L 0 0 day. The body was taken from the|sive of four moutlis, thrown into dis- ' o= P (Signed) '/ “BRZBERGER. train bere and the local medical ex-|order, beaten and. thrown mmarm‘;f CONVOYING OF SHIPPING — e T B mu-um-mnuauo:mmm--m heart fialure. The only mark of poasi- | They have it to beg for 1S NO LONGER NECESSARYY|FORMER KAISER MAY ble Mdentification found was & card in | peace. ‘Washington, Nov. 11. — Secretary INTERNED IN HOLLAND | ‘tgiien the ‘president was returning her handbag on which was written: | “Ali the conditions required. for the|Daniels announced fonight that he| Amsterdam, Nov..1L—It is- stated|up Pennsylvania . avenue - to = the Mra. Loey C. Hubbard, summer home, | suspension of hostilitics hevipg been|does not regard the convoying of |on good authority here thai - William | White House, the greit throng S Masag winter home, Wood- |accepied by the enemy. an armistice | shipping: to- European ports necessary | Hohenzollern, the - former - German “‘w came into forec today at 11 eo'clock.” ‘now that hostilities have ceased. emporer, will- be interned that ultimately must: come capitulation by envelopme; s ended on the eleventh hour of the eleventh. day. = of loosed from: Armistice signed at five o'clock in ihe morning, It comes into force af eleven o'clock in the morning, French Delay for evacuation protonged by twenty-four hours for the left bank five days: therefore, thirty-one days in all. Mod- ifications of the text with that bronght 1+ | . Monday Armies_of the. Allisd . Forces Pressed the Germans Until| Press.) vears The allied arms are trivynphant. Tm- et the fate any i the avorld. , Germany, is_accepting terms of to vietory for world democracy rose in ad crumpled successive- Iy under the impetus of the attacks of were being *harried ions, it-was dvantage. Already the se country 1 democratization which ‘may prove the salvation of a war lords. n the battle fronts ended g, castern armies of the allied forces at tha: time—even arrying the 4 s a troops were fighting cruisers and 10 battleships, 50 mod- | fenew the war evem If Germany |Signed was emphasized tonight by a/their foes across the Belziun frontier n destroyers, and many other craft. | wanted to.* . treasury announcement that a new |ip Belgium. The French had all but this single stroke Germany would| Senator SauMbury of Delaware: | credit of $80,000,000 had been granted the Germans from northe The Americans were driving nd Moselle cans, in true sportsmanship fashion, were on their s they advanced up the Mense and Moselle seciors in the fear would fire a shot after the stipulated time for the cessation. of ilittes arrived. Not nne whit less sportmanship were the hehind ited to thc second the time for the calling off of the fight- ing THE FRENCH CHAMBER . m By The A. P.).—Scenes of the wildest enthusiasm The whole chumber rose to greet the premier, while the galleries, in which was a predominance and women, cheered for several minutes. Prolonged cheering greeted the an- Lorraine would be occupied and the name of Marshal Foch, as the signer of the dosument, was lustily received. GERMAN PLENIPOTENTIARIES NOTIFIED BY WIRELESS British Wireless The following meséage was sent by wireless by the German pleni- “To the German high command to be communicated to all anthortttes fn- BE ot struggling, the rights of mankind are t virtually militar; the their big n—a rain of 2 {0 the de- wa's New England Gifts $3.000,000 today to the Work Fund, when the formally opened. s $22,500,000. Massaci this city $380,000 w collectors, NEW ENGLAND CELEBRATED Boston, Nev. 11—New today" and celebr tiausiasm, ever marked its most gl pendeace Day observances. W Governor ble- property. damaged. ‘Fhe soldiers engaging in onstration were from the severa einity. the riotous ¢ | force. After the mobs had force sion of the street ca ing of every busi celebration = spent s place on | companies of gus dered out and patrolling the s nets. The {roops h midnigh e the thrown by a sailor. rests have been BRITISH BATTLESHIP saved. 453.7 feet in lengt approximately 19 knots main armament inch guns. MIRACULGOUS ESCAPE OF Jersey City, N. J., sands of spectators Robert Simpsor signal corps. climb today top of a ‘moving automobile. ascertain his .condition. “stunt.” TO CONTINE FIGHT FOR tain fina] passage by co: *wartime” sion of hostiitics, hibition smvo: agriculturn! ap) 3 said today. 2t bil & on the rent trofita ametdmen PRESIDENT DROVE THROUGH night, President Wilson, with of - shouting merfymakers. fecognized by few. to War Work Fund $3,000,000 - Contributed on Opening ‘Day of Cam- paign—Quota $22,500,000 Boston. Nov! 11.—New F"lfl}flnd %‘a'\'l mpaign was The district quota asetts. outside of metropoli- tan Boston, gave $1,554,000 while in contrinuted lib- erally when: baskets were passed by SIGNING OF ARMISTICE f England tirew off its troditional self-restraint n erated the signing of armistice from long before, dawn uutil long aiter dark with more en- noise and processions thon ous Inde- McCall in an offi- ing- restaurants, breaking plate glass stuffs .were carried’ off and consider- dem- 1em- barkation camps in this city and. vi- Civil and military posce were unable 1o check the mobs, but finally principal streets and had done thous- ands of dollars worth of damage, two ‘d_troops were or- i they were reets wits fixed bayo- situation un- A number of ar- TORPEDQED NOV. enemy with | London, Nov. 11.—The British bat- . tleship Britannia was torpedoed near the west enirance to the Straits of the | Gibraltar on Nov. 9 and sank three The Ameri- |and a half hours later, according to an admiralty announcement tonight. Thifty-nine officers and 673 men were The Britannia, which had a dis- placement of 16,350 tons, was launched at Portsmouth Dec. 10, 1904. She was had a speed of and carried a peacetime complement of 777 men. Her consisted of four 12- A SIGNAL CORPS OFFICER Noy. 11.—Thou- watched soldier in the army five-story build- ing and to the top of a flagpole on the driver sped with him .to a, hospital, where it was found he was injured, | but not too seriously to jump from. his bed and salute an officer who camie to Simpson climbed the bullding as a Liberty day “WARTIME” 'PROHIBITION ‘Washington, Nov. 11.—Efforts to ob- of the national ‘prohibition bill, effective from next Jaly 1 until the American army is demobilizel, will not be abandoned because of the concii- erator Skeppaid, author of the jneasure, and orher L.)Il(- e ing the prohibition provision mow is held up n conference owing to differ- ences between the senate and house | t THRONGS OF MERRYMAKERS ‘Washington, Nov. 11.—In the midst of Washington’s peace celebntionwllo- Mrs. Wilson seated beside him, drove down Pennsylvania avenue through throngs He wis merrymajcers recognized him and gave in Holland. ‘hlm a tumultuous reception. i Condensed felegra_ms , Anaconda’s copper ‘output in Octo- ber was' 23,450,000 pounds. Names of £ 'more men held prison- ers in German campswere :nnounced. | Purchase of War Savings and’' Thrift stamps in New York o date! amounts to. $33,480 694. i War Industries Board decided ths present ‘prices for burlap are to ve- in effect until May 1. - { Government orders for aviation, | gasoline, amounting to 50,000 oarrels | a month, ‘were cancelled. Unfilled orders on the books of the 8353,293 tons for October. Philadelphia Federal Reserve BanK’s | total reserve for the week ended Nov. | 8 amounts to’ $181,273,660. i The 7,000-ton steel steamer Dio was launched at the Downey shipyards in Atlington, Staten Island, N. Y. Shipments of fresh and cured meats from Chicago for the week ended Nov. | 9 amounted to 48373,000 pounds. Food Administrator Hoover is going | to Europe at the request of President Wilson to help the people of liber- ated nations. Railroad Administration announced that in August, 1918, railroads handled 2,000,000 tons of freight one mile more than’in August, 1917, War Industriés Board, Food Adm istration and other government bodies 1 | may remain in existence until normal | conditions are restored. | Major-General Omar Bundy, recent- commander of the fif Army | Corps in France, was assigr 0| command of Camp Pike, Arkansas. | Orders were given for the arrest of | Afchduke Max, brother of Emperor Charles of Austria. Max was report ed_seen leaving the country. Fuel administratcrs in New Eng- land appealed to Garfield to redu: the coal supply from 30,000 000 tons to 27,300,000 because of conservation measures, Swiss Federal Council has off relations with the Ru: Mission becauc of the révolutiona propoganda of the latter in Swit land. Quebec representatives of the perial Munitions Board received or- ders to stop installing gun fittings on ships and stop providing gun crews' quarters. Licut. Gordon V. Moy, of Plainfield, N. J., reported 'missing in action Sept. 26, returned to his squadron. He is officially credited with bringing down three airplanes Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Thomas B. Love announced that it cost the government $1,500 600 to write $36 250,000,000 war risk insurance pol- icies on soldiers 2 A special British mission is in Washington in conference witha com- mittee on distribution of cotton. They are planning to have British spinners use more lower grade cotton. Alexander Munchie, chairman of the Democratic Committee of New Hamp- tm- shire, has filed a petition for a re- count of votes in the senatorial election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Jacob Gallinger. Two soldiers were killed and a doz- en injured when a train carrving 1,200 football rooters from Camp Grant, Rockford, to Chicago collided with & | regular passenger trian on the Chi- cago. Burlingion & Quincy Railroad at Sugar Grove, 1IL. Rev. Dr. James Champlin Fernald, mob of 100 men and hanged. Major Radcliffe Heedmance has suc- ceeded Colonel Charles A. Williams as ommanding officer of the Harvard Student Army Training corps. NEWS RECEIVED ALONG THE AMERICAN FRONT ‘With the American Forces on the Meuse and Moselle Fronts, Nov. 11 12:50 P. M.—(By The A. P.)—News that the armistice had been signed spread like wildfire along the Ameri- can front from the Meuse River to the region of Sedan Reaching the various heada; early in the day, the ne v wire and wireless to d arters ed Ger control, (¢ and soldiers | regiment and finally from mouth to and sailors were required tc leave the |mouth to the boys in the forward strees A number of pecple were | lines. slightly hurt. Major Percy Hamilton,| It was among the boys in the fore- who attempted to remonstrate with|most lines, who had been under shell the rioters, was struck by a brick | fire for days, that there was the most genuine rejoicing. There had been so many rumors of | peace lately that the boys in the front {lines were not inclined to believe the | report of the signing of the armistice juntil their officers informed them that it was a fact. Then there was great rejolcing. intermittent artillery fire as a re- minder to each other that the order to cease hostilities ad not been re- ceived. With nightfall the duel be- came iweaker, each side awaiting the final word as to te set hour for de- sisting all firing of guns. FEARFUL CONDITIONS EXISTING IN GERMANY Lendon, Nov. 11—Dr. Solf. the G man secret: {to Secretary |ing that Pr | mitigate “the ing in Gesn Dr. Soif say , manman wireless destatch here tods that he feels it his duty to draw Pre dent Wilson’s attention to the fact of the artnistice, especially the render of transport, meane the s tion of millions, and. requests tha president’s influence. be directed overcoming this danger. The president, he points out, sur- rva- to war on the German peopie and did not wish to impede its peaceful develop- ment HOW PEACE MAY AFFECT PENDING REVENUE BILL Washington, Nov. 11.—Peace today threw info conference between con- gressional leaders and treasury offi- cials the question of whether the tax burden planned in the pending reverue bill can be lightened, in view of pros- pective reduction of expenditures. Senator Simmons, chairman of ‘he senate finance committee, Chairman Kitchin of the house ways and mcans committee and Secretary McAdoa d cuseed the problem, but reached conclusion Mr. McAdoo said he would findertake an immediate survey of the govern- ment's testative plans for return of the army from abroad, for curtailing war orders and other phases of war to peace conversion, and make recom- mendations within a few cay no STRENGTH OF AMERICAN ARMY 1S 3,764,677 MEN Washington, Nov. 11—The Ameri- can army had reached a total strength of 3,764,677 men when hostilities ceased according to offieial fisures at Of that num-= Ttaiy or Rus nder were under arms in camps in this country. United States Steel Corp. amount to | g, On Sunday both sides kept up an| that’ the enforcement of he conditions ' the | ‘ashington, - Nov. 1l.—Almost the wction of the war departme: day after announcement of the s of the armistice with (German £ the cancellation of all army" dfaft ealls under which more than" 00,000 men +had been ordered to entrain for camps before November 30. prepared . three g0 at tne direction of Provost shal Genera] Crowder were sent ito all Tocal draff boards directing that the movement of 332,000 men under orders to entrain between today and riday, e stopped immediately. The tclegrams reached most of the boards in time, but a few men arc known:to ave started for camp. Sccretary Ba- said, however, that wherever pos e their immediate return o civil jiite would be arranzed. , “I have suspended furtber calls un- der the dr i M. Baker said. “There will be for the sent no additional snen brougit in d tp the extent that can, we will turn back those mes been entrained and have not d traming - camps. Provost Marshal General's of- had no estimate of the number on before the cancelling order was All men mbied for en iraining are to be considered as hon orabi under the draft we who i broken | n Soviet en for the navy now is in prep- n. but volunteers to date have niore than filled the requirements of August, 1917, when the first were issued under the army draft ¢, 2,700,000 men_have beer_inducted {into the army. Virtually all physi- cally qualified men between the ames o1 31 and 31 who were placed In cl one, now are in the service. The men 0 were to have moved to camp this month were of the new redistrants en- rolled September 1Z. Many of the men who were under 'lm‘der.\ to move this week. originally were directed-to entrain in October, but their movement was held up be- cause of the epidemic of influenza in the army camps last month General Crowder announced that registrants. whose induetion orders are cancelled or who are discharged after their entrainment vert to the s for camps will re- existing at the time ALL ARMY DRAFT CALLS ARE CANCELLED Provost Marshal Crowder Has 0 L Directing That the Movement of 252,000 Men Under Orders to Entrain Be Stopped Immediately—Until Fur- ther Orders No Inductions or Calls, Except for the Navy and Marine Corps, Will Be Permitted. - discharged from the armyv apd | Sent Notice to Draft Boards the ‘origindi induction order was is- &ed, ‘this (o inclule resumption of their order and seriil number. = 1t algo was specifically announced that notning in the cameellation of the calls shall operate to relieve from the consequences of his acts' any regiss trant’ who heretofora has become de= linquent or deserter, By order of Secretary Baker, Pro= yost Marshal General Crowder today directed local and district boards :o “continue to completion as expedi- tiously as possible, the classification of all registrants who on September 12 had attained their nineteenth and had not attained. thelr 3ith birthday.” The boards also were directed at the ear-.. Mest appropriate moment to issus questionnaires to all eighteen-year- old -youths who registcred September 12 and to comblete their classification as early as possible. . General Crowder, however, directed the boards to discontinue immediate- ly, “all.work connecied with the clas- sification of men who on September 12 had attained their 37th birthday and had not attained their 46th birth- n entering” said Mr. Baker's or- tder to” General Crowder, “upon what ~. i yiew of the mighty events the day, to be the final work of this ¥ le done by the selectiy ai e i service system, T extend to the mem= S aCoriingly. Until Jurther %0~ ! ncrs of' that system mv personal, con= navy And amarine corpe b Lo |Bratulations ‘upon thelr truly great ey, o1 marine corne Yl Je|achievements of the past year and a kalf, achievements that have taxed to the utmost the time, the ability and the endurance of all those engaged in the work. and that have furnished the army to which in large measure must be given the credit for saving to the world both civilization- and govern= ment by the people. To vou, members of that system, must come a sense of cuty well done which a loyalty, pa- irotism and_deyotion such as yours can bring. The country and the world knows that it owes to you a debt of thanks and gratitude which cannot be measured by words but only by the .- {affection, the respect and the esteem, 10w yours, of those among whom you live and from whom you have taken, that which was beyond price.” “In transmitting _Secretary Baker's order to. the state draft executives and local and district boards, General Crowder added his personal congra- ulations upon their ‘“truly great iCaievements of the past vear and & haif.” NEW YORKERS, SUSPITIOUS, WERE LATE IN CELEBRATING New York, Nov. 1i. irteen hours after the glad tidings of peace had tinshed througih Lray vawnm 10¢a begun ‘to strike its . gelebration stride, ? Skeptical, at first, then half pe lergyman, editor and author, died at|suaded and finally convincea that his_home at Montclair N. J. }was true, ithe city found. no flies in William Bird a_negro, was taken :the ointment of its jo; from. the jail at Sheffield, Ala., by a| Taut nerves werc loosened. Emo- ons held in check through ghastly years of war were given reln. Lvery {barrier of restraint vanisted. Men, | women and_children abandoned them- seives to bligsful thoughts of a peace- {ful future in a world forever. treed from the menace of grey-clad hordes who might be unicasned by a mad monareh drunk with dreams of im- domain, st a million of New York’s ci it has meant to_be vy the whim of an imperial and to them a kaiser fled, from righteous wrath of 3 once deluded {Zut now awakenea peopie was {bol of the millenium. The mea jo! their rejoicin s in proportion to the majesty of the event. To the other millions the magic 1 words ease firing” meant many [things but all of them superiatively | wonderful. In consequence the pre- ture celebraticn of threc days azn seemed only a dress rehearsal. The ltitudes which filled the streeis | were soberer, sieadier and more in | carnest. |CLEMECEAU TALKS TQ NEWSPAFER MEN Paris, Nov. 11—Premier Clemenceau received' the newspaper men {his morning, addressing them s follows: “This is a great pleasure to receive you. I thank you for the. visit. “The armistice was signed at five c’clock this morning, Germany _ac- cepting all the conditions with, slight modifications. We have to be very | careful about the food problem in Ger- many. We cannot let the natlon suf for famine. We must endure, ours and at the same time keep our mili v _superiority. i | | - We have seized all locomotivi nd other means of transport. The ms of the armistice will be offi- lly announced this afternoon in the chamber of deputies. Thank gentlemen. France has done won fully through four long vears.” SHOTS FIRED WERE _INTENDED FOR Nay. A EX-KAISER { YLondon, patch received from ¥ land, says that when the train ‘of W iz ohenzollern arrived there (lerman emperor - Was uot rd. Later he arrived by motor {car, having abandoned . the train be- {couse of shots fired at the window of the car in which he was riding. The ex-emperor joined his officers o nthe platform of the station of Fynsden. He was looking haggard and | broken down. Although his nerves appeared to be at the breaking pomnf, he walked up and down the piatform slowly, and then entered the tram. NO SUDDEN REACTIONS . IN MUNITIONS INDUSTRIES Bridgeport, Conn., Nov. 11i—"Stick to vour jobs” was the message sent out today from the Bridgeport district ordnance office to the manufacturers and workers engaged in munitions work in this district, which includes the statc of Connecticut and the four western counties of Massachuseits. It lwas stated that a program for the ad- {justment of zovernment work is-being planned and thers be no suwdden reactions in the mui industries. TRAINING CONTINUES - i AT CAMP DEV } Ayer, Mass, Nov. 1L.—Tre 'f'welr division contimicd withow: interrup- tion its training jor war while threngs in gaily decorated automo- s streamed tirough Camp Davens aiming peace. I was announced tiat the work would continyie as tsual tomorrow, - Rotwithstanding the “fa i that Governor McCail has proclaimed a state holday w3 2 3 ERREE 8 grimly waiting nation, New York had LONDON CELEBRATED SIGNING OF ARMISTICE Nov. 11.—(British Wireless The lord mayor of London, who, in response to calls from the crowds, came o the front of the man- sion_house, said: “Citizens of London: Let us eom- gratulate purselves on the great news that our four years of strenuous work has now come to an end and that we see before us the result of the strenuous labor of Great Britain and her. allies. “Let us not forget that there fs still work for every loyal and patrie- tic citizen in the re-construction and many other problems which must arise. ‘1 will only say now let usgive three cheers for His Majesty.” To this there was great respomse. At the admiralty there were calls for a_spesch from Sir Eric Geddes, the First Lord. The crowds had col- lected there and hastily improvised platforms were erected for the First Lord_and the members of the board of admiralty. Sir Eric Geddes called for three cheers for Vice Admiral Beatty (commander of the grand fleet) and these having been givem with great fervor the crowds again_asked for a_speech, but the cheering drown- ed all else. The First Lord called for cheers’ for the British bluejackets. A special service of prayer was held at St Paul's in the afternoon, the lord mayor and sheriffs’ attending. GERARD URGES TRIAL OF KAISER FOR MURDER New York, Nov. 11—Extradition of Former Emperor William of Germany from Holland and his trial in England on the charge of murder for which he as been indicted tere, was urged here tonight by James W. Gerard, former. ambassador to Germany, in an impromptu address before a thea- ter audience. 3 Asking whether a man_ shall “be allowed to escape who had “killed so many people around the entire world,” Mr. Gerard answered his own ques- |tion with an emphatic “I should say not.” “There is a treaty between Holland and England” Mr. Gerard declared, by which they can extradite the kaiser, who has been Indicted in Eng- Jand, and {ry im before an English court. I guess we all know what the verdict would be. When the hang> man drops the trap he wik be doing away with one of the world's great-: est murderers. CZECHO-SLOVAK REPUBLIC . HAS BEEN ORGANIZED Washington, Nov. 11—The Czecho-} Siovak republic’ has begun its exist- ence and the Czechs and Slavs, now numbering about 11,000,000 people,; having thrown off the voke of Austria- ‘Hungary, become free fbr the first time | since 1630, Thomas C. Masarvk, formerly pro- fessor of philosophy at the University of Prague and since 1915 president #ind 'Czecho-Siovak national council which was recognized by the United States ‘and the, allles as a de facte government has been sclected as the republic’s first president. He now is, in Washington and was notified today! of his selection by the council, which{ urged him to proceed immediately to Prague to take up further formatid| of the new government. i President Masarvk will leave withim a “fortmight. He spent today prepart| ing an address {o the 2,000,000 Czecho- Slovak residents of the United States. TO PREPARE FOR FINAL s i FEACE NEGOTIATIONS| Washington, Nov. 11.—Preparations for final peace negotiations will en- gross American ard allied statesmen during the next few weeks, - while Marshal Foch: and the naval com-~ manders see to it thai the terms of armistics which. ended the fighting teday are carricd out. Thirty days is the armistice period and since it hardly will be possible to assemble the gredtest peace confercnce in hiye tory. within that time. an extensfon virtvally.is certain (o be manted by the victors and accepted by the van- ‘qilshed ™ % i ¢4 S

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